Taine

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Taine: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Taine: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #69, and it stood at #4,789 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#69highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2022

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#1642
1999	#973
2000	#1096
2001	#1949
2002	#1799
2003	#1248
2004	#2070
2005	#2754
2006	#2538
2007	#2435
2008	#2507
2009	#3744
2011	#3830
2012	#3416
2014	#4632
2022	#4789

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 25 years from 1998 to 2022.

In 2000: #90 among boys in New Zealand, #1096 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #1642 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2000
Highest recorded position: #69 among boys in New Zealand, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2000).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Taine appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 112 births with the name.

Taine across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Taine's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1642 (1998)	#973 (1999)	#4789 (2022)	16 of 25	112 (1998–2022)	15 (1999)
New Zealand · Boys	#69 (1998)	#69 (1998)	#90 (2000)	3 of 3	204 (1998–2000)	78 (1998)

Taine by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Taine in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	2 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	75	10 of 10	8
2010s	12	3 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Taine appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #69 in New Zealand in 1998.

Taine's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#90	55	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#75	71	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#69	78	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2022, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #69, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 78 births, registered in New Zealand in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 1998.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Taisia · #898, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brenton · #66, 12y
Taj · #91, 18y
Emilian · #96, 21y
Raewyn · #25, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brock · #69, 27y
Lennox · #69, 30y
Linea · #69, 30y
Ottilie · #69, 30y

Taine was ranked #69 in New Zealand · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Taine and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Taine without appearing here.

Taine moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1799 and #3225.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #4805.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3744 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Taine

Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3416 and #3987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #1819.
Henrik Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1494.
Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1568.
Anders Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1749.

Moved the opposite way to Taine

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 while Albie went from #716 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 while Alfie went from #71 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 while Archie went from #120 to #11.

Moved the same way as Taine

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 and Aaron from #31 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 and Adam from #21 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 and Alan from #196 to #472.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Taine went from #1642 to #4789 and Alex from #46 to #139.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #69 in New Zealand in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Taine

Taine at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Taine across 2 official records

Taine by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Taine appears in

Popularity data

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Taine at a glance

Taine across 2 official records

Taine by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Names published alongside Taine

Taine and the names beside it

Taine moved ahead of

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